Jeremiah Jarrett

Jeremiah Jarrett (1734-) was a Massachusetts militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Jeremiah Jarrett was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1734, and he served in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War. Jarrett would return to his farm in Massachusetts after the war's end in 1763, and he became involved with the patriot movement in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War. In 1775, he raised a militia regiment to take part in the Siege of Boston, and he commanded his regiment at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775. His regiment held Breed's Hill against several British attacks, and he would go on to take part in the capture of Boston in March 1776. Jarrett's regiment decided not to re-enlist following the capture of Boston, returning to their farms. Jarrett later became a Federalist Party supporter.